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DAVE RUSSELL SCOTT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 19, 1946 – January 24, 1968
Service recordDave Russell Scott, of Junction City, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1968, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 27
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- November 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Junction City, Kansas (Geary County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35E, Line 27
- JUAN ANTONIO ROSAPrivate First Class · January 24, 1968
- GARY DAVID SCRIBNERLance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- EDMUND SKUNDAPrivate First Class · January 24, 1968
- JAMES ALEXANDER STARKSergeant · January 24, 1968
From Junction City
- JOHN JUNIOR DAVENPORTSpecialist Four · July 31, 1965
- GERALD BRUCE EVANSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- CLIFTON WINNINGHAMPlatoon Sergeant · March 5, 1966
- BERNARD L BLITCHSpecialist Five · September 16, 1966
- JAZREAL LEVITE HAYWOODPlatoon Sergeant · March 5, 1968
- MERLIN HERMAN BERGANSergeant First Class · August 12, 1968
- JOHN OLIVER BAUGHMANSergeant · April 19, 1969
- WILLIAM CARL ADAMSSergeant · August 23, 1969
- ROBERT LEE HARRISSergeant First Class · September 4, 1969
- JESS H VANWINKLE JRSergeant · September 7, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.